forefront vs vanguard

forefront

noun
  • The leading position or edge. 

verb
  • To bring to the forefront; to emphasize, or focus on. 

vanguard

noun
  • The person(s) at the forefront of any group or movement. 

  • The leading units at the front of an army or fleet. 

How often have the words forefront and vanguard occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )